caa a22 4500 477046800 CHVBK 20180405111332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00411501 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00411501 Glinert Lewis aut Product safety information and language policy in an advanced third world economy: The case of Israel [Elektronische Daten] [Lewis Glinert] Produktbegleitende Informationen über Produktsicherheit und die offizielle Sprachpolitik in einem fortgeschrittenen Land der Dritten Welt: das Beispiel Israel This paper examines regulations and standards for safety information accompanying Israeli consumer products, in the context of broad Israeli language policy and EU safety communication policies, with special reference to pharmaceuticals and children's products (two high anxiety areas) and the needs of "weak consumers.” Communicative consciousness is relatively strong for pharmaceuticals, in the encoding of Hebrew and Arabic risk phrases, use of Roman script, and incipient concern for Plain Hebrew — in line with new labelling quality controls — but still patchy for children's product standards in the encoding of specified Hebrew risk and safety phrases. The effects of harmonization with the EU have been felt, but traditional nonchalance on safety labelling for non-native speakers in this immigrant society still holds in the lack of provision for the massive influx from the USSR. The assumption that the average rational consumer is being addressed also raises issues of liability. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/4(1996-12-01), 411-438 0168-7034 19:4<411 1996 19 10603 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411501 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411501 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Glinert Lewis aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/4(1996-12-01), 411-438 0168-7034 19:4<411 1996 19 10603 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer